Pulse CMS Redirection plug-in

404.txt

{{redirection}}

redirection.php

<?php
	/*
		Permanent redirection (301) for old page links
	*/
	
	$redirectsdatafile = "content/blocks/sb_redirection.txt"; // the super block that holds the redirection data
	if (file_exists($redirectsdatafile)){
		
		$urlparts = str_replace($path."/","",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
		$urlparts = explode("/",$urlparts);
		
			$redirectcode = $urlparts[0];
			$newdata = "";
			$redirectsdata = file_get_contents($redirectsdatafile);
			$data = explode("\n",$redirectsdata);
			$len = count($data);
			$i = 0;
			
			foreach($data as $row){
				$rowdata = explode(",",$row);
				$hits = $rowdata[2];
				if($rowdata[0] === $redirectcode){
					$redirectto = $rowdata[1];
					$hits = $rowdata[2] + 1;
				}
				$newdata .= $rowdata[0] . "," . $rowdata[1] . "," . $hits;
				if ($i < ($len - 1)){ $newdata .= "\n"; }
				$i++;
			}
			

			//redirect
			if ($redirectto){
				//write the data to the file
				//$handle = fopen($redirectsdatafile, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$redirectsdatafile);
				//fwrite($handle, $newdata);
				//fclose($handle);
			
				header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
				header("Location: ".$redirectto);
				exit;
			}
	}
?>

sb_redirection.txt

our-meat,/shop/our-meat,1
products,/shop,1
where-to-buy,/shop/where-to-buy,1
news,/,1

For set up notes see https://forum.pulsecms.com/t/redirect-old-php-pages/1353

Great solution @timplumb